The simple logical substitution of running Linux on less expensive hardware does not play out on the client. Businesses don't look at the client and say they want to make a 100 percent crossover from client to client, unless I can do something to improve the workflow and lower the cost of execution and the cost of ownership. Some of the simple models that drove server adoption will not drive client adoption. Steve Mills
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![The ecosystem surrounding all applications vendors, be it Oracle or Microsoft or any other vendor, is many times larger than the revenue of those applications, often a factor of 10 [times] bigger. - Steve Mills Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlIGVjb3N5c3RlbSBzdXJyb3VuZGluZyBhbGwgYXBwbGljYXRpb25zIHZlbmRvcnMsIGJlIGl0IE9yYWNsZSBvciBNaWNyb3NvZnQgb3IgYW55IG90aGVyIHZlbmRvciwgaXMgbWFueSB0aW1lcyBsYXJnZXIgdGhhbiB0aGUgcmV2ZW51ZSBvZiB0aG9zZSBhcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMsIG9mdGVuIGEgZmFjdG9yIG9mIDEwIFt0aW1lc10gYmlnZ2VyLiA=&author=ICBTdGV2ZSBNaWxscyAgICA=&num=6 "The ecosystem surrounding all applications vendors, be it Oracle or Microsoft or any other vendor, is many times larger than the revenue of those applications, often a factor of 10 [times] bigger. - Steve Mills Quotes")
![[Pine says his customers are staying away from their 4.6 platforms for now because they are stable and instead upgrading their troublesome Windows 95 and 98 clients. Lotus says no matter when the cut-off date customers will not be left on a dead end.] The end of support is misunderstood, ... We continue to provide support for older releases, but at some point you put a line of demarcation down and say this is where we are no longer going to do code fixes and changes, and you have to move forward if you want to be a 100 percent current. - Steve Mills Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1BpbmUgc2F5cyBoaXMgY3VzdG9tZXJzIGFyZSBzdGF5aW5nIGF3YXkgZnJvbSB0aGVpciA0LjYgcGxhdGZvcm1zIGZvciBub3cgYmVjYXVzZSB0aGV5IGFyZSBzdGFibGUgYW5kIGluc3RlYWQgdXBncmFkaW5nIHRoZWlyIHRyb3VibGVzb21lIFdpbmRvd3MgOTUgYW5kIDk4IGNsaWVudHMuIExvdHVzIHNheXMgbm8gbWF0dGVyIHdoZW4gdGhlIGN1dC1vZmYgZGF0ZSBjdXN0b21lcnMgd2lsbCBub3QgYmUgbGVmdCBvbiBhIGRlYWQgZW5kLl0gVGhlIGVuZCBvZiBzdXBwb3J0IGlzIG1pc3VuZGVyc3Rvb2QsIC4uLiBXZSBjb250aW51ZSB0byBwcm92aWRlIHN1cHBvcnQgZm9yIG9sZGVyIHJlbGVhc2VzLCBidXQgYXQgc29tZSBwb2ludCB5b3UgcHV0IGEgbGluZSBvZiBkZW1hcmNhdGlvbiBkb3duIGFuZCBzYXkgdGhpcyBpcyB3aGVyZSB3ZSBhcmUgbm8gbG9uZ2VyIGdvaW5nIHRvIGRvIGNvZGUgZml4ZXMgYW5kIGNoYW5nZXMsIGFuZCB5b3UgaGF2ZSB0byBtb3ZlIGZvcndhcmQgaWYgeW91IHdhbnQgdG8gYmUgYSAxMDAgcGVyY2VudCBjdXJyZW50LiA=&author=ICBTdGV2ZSBNaWxscyAgICA=&num=3 "[Pine says his customers are staying away from their 4.6 platforms for now because they are stable and instead upgrading their troublesome Windows 95 and 98 clients. Lotus says no matter when the cut-off date customers will not be left on a dead end.] The end of support is misunderstood, ... We continue to provide support for older releases, but at some point you put a line of demarcation down and say this is where we are no longer going to do code fixes and changes, and you have to move forward if you want to be a 100 percent current. - Steve Mills Quotes")
